February 2013
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KIM’S CONVENIENCE is the hilarious and deeply moving debut play written by Ins Choi. Set in a convenience store in modern day Toronto, it tells the story of a fractured but loving Korean family confronting their future by forgiving their past. Ins began writing Kim’s Convenience as part of fu-GEN theatre company’s playwriting unit in 2006. With support from the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts...
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2 Dora Award nominations for Kim's Convenience
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee is nominated for Toronto’s Dora Award for Outstanding Actor and Ins Choi is nominated for Outstanding New Play. The Dora Awards ceremony takes place on June 25th. Run extended again til July 4th. www.soulpepper.ca for tickets.
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Review: NOW magazine: NNNNN out of 5 →
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Review: The National Post →
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Review: The Toronto Sun: 4 stars out of 4 →
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Review: Globe and Mail: 3.5 stars out of 4 →
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Mooney on Theatre interviews Ins →
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Review: Mooney on Theatre  →
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Review: Torontoist  →
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Article: The Korea Times Daily →
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YTN from Korea covers the show →
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Review: Broadway World  →
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CBC's 'The National' interviews Ins Choi →
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CBC's 'Here and Now' interviews Paul Sun-Hyung Lee →
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OPENING TONIGHT
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Review: The Toronto Star: 4 stars out of 4. →
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“See Kim’s Convenience for only $22.”
– RUSH TICKET: $22 cash TO PURCHASE RUSH TICKETS: Get into the box office lineup for rush tickets. Consecutive numbers for rush tickets will be given out by the box office beginning at 7 p.m. The lower your number (number 1 is best!), the better your chances of getting a rush ticket. At 7:30 p.m. the...
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Article in the Toronto Star newspaper: 12 to watch... →
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About the Playwright
This is Ins’ first play but he is no newbie to theatre creation. As part of the soulpepper academy, he was part of the ensemble that took the poetry of e.e. cummings, turned them into songs and theatrically performed them in a production called !re”birth: e.e. cummings in song. That same ensemble created a hilarious, magical show about the people of Toronto from the point of view of a...
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2012 Soulpepper
What: Soulpepper Academy alumnus Ins Choi’s hilarious and touching debut play set in a Regent Park convenience store was the smash hit of the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival. The journey of a fractured but loving family confronting the future and forgiving the past is a Toronto classic in the making. Opens Soulpepper’s 2012 season. Directed by: Weyni Mengesha Featuring: Clé Bennett, Ins Choi,...
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Background Notes
by Soulpepper Associate Artist Toby Malone As one of the most multi-cultural cities in the world, Toronto is home to countless compelling untold stories which define the place in which we live. In this rarest of cities cultures of all types are embraced: the collision of the ‘here’ of a bustling western metropolis with the ‘there’ of imported traditions and values is an intoxicatingly Torontonian...
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